MALACANAN PALACE,
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 47
CONCURRENCE OF THE PRESIDENT IN THE DEPUTATION OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE
GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN CONNECTION
WITH THE 11 MAY 2020 PLEBISCITE TO RATIFY REPUBLIC ACT NO.
11259
WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), through its Resolution No.
10666 (s. 2020), resolved to request for the concurrence of the President in the deputation
of law enforcement agencies and instrumentalities of the Government, including the
Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), in
connection with the 11 May 2020 plebiscite to ratify Republic Act (RA) No. 11259;
WHEREAS, RA No. 11259 provides for the division of the Province of Palawan
into three (3) distinct and independent provinces to be known as Palawan del Norte,
Palawan Oriental, and Palawan del Sur; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2(4), Article IX-C of the Constitution, the
COMELEC is empowered to deputize, with the concurrence of the President, law
enforcement agencies and instrumentalities of the Government, including the AFP, for the
exclusive purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections;
NOW, THEREFORE, |, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, hereby concur
with COMELEC Resolution No. 10666, deputizing the AFP and law enforcement agencies
and instrumentalities of the Government, in connection with the 11 May 2020 plebiscite.
The foregoing law enforcement agencies and other concerned agencies are
hereby directed to coordinate and cooperate with the COMELEC in the performance of
their duties and functions.
This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately,
DONE, in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 6th dayof April inthe year
of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty.
By the President
Re
SALVADOR C. MEDIALDE,
Executive Secretary
‘THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES |